Much has been written about the ritual practices, accoutrements, and spiritual calling of the shaman, who functioned as priest, soothsayer and healer.

Others become traditional practitioners through a "spiritual calling" and, therefore, their diagnoses and treatments are decided through the supernatural.

For the Lane brothers, the show is a lark, but for Ward it's nothing less than a spiritual calling.

She found creative outlets for her spiritual calling and was eventually well received by both the black and white communities.

Mr. Gibson invested $25 million of his own into the movie and has told supporters that he regards it as a spiritual calling.

These entertainments flourish, as does flamenco, a popular art form with spiritual callings, for both the purist and the tourist.

Elizabeth Spence a contemporary Kumina Queen, reported that her spiritual calling was also effected during a period of isolation.

On the way here, in the runabout, she told me that- that she isn't sure she has a spiritual calling.

For that generation - rockers who are 35 to 50 - pop was something of a spiritual calling.

For Wiggins, his showbiz entanglement was a saintly and spiritual calling.